Heatwave alert Bihar Odisha West Bengal Andhra Pradesh IMD signals start scorching summer; temperatures crossed 40 degrees Celsius likely to be three to five notches above normal next five days; Delhi 38.8 degrees Celsius touch 40 degrees Celsius next few days no rain till April 17; college students use umbrella heat in Kolkata mercury touched 42 degrees Celsius; signalling start of scorching summer MeT warned of heatwave several parts beginning April 13; Bihar Odisha Gangetic West Bengal coastal Andhra Pradesh mercury crossed 40 degrees Celsius; heatwave Bihar Odisha West Bengal Andhra Pradesh India Meteorological Department summer rain weather; latest news on news18.com; Srishti Choudhary
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), the country s central weather forecasting agency, predicted a rise in maximum temperatures by 2-4°C over many parts of the country during next 5 days.
In Delhi, the minimum temperature rose slightly to settle at 27.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday morning, even as the weather office forecast strong surface winds later in the day.